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Knowing when to take a break before feeling overwhelmed.
Have you felt the anxiety, heavy pressure in your chest, or mild headache that started when you realize you need to do 3 things at once in a short time span before any large project or — let me just cut to the point,
an overwhelming task?
Not only has your next-door neighbor, your mom, or your Medium friends felt this way, but it’s normal for most of us.
Yet, a few seeming “chosen” ones always look put together and can handle everything their way. If you can think of someone like this, don’t worry—they aren’t perfect; they just applied a few techniques that kept them from falling apart.
Risk it all
If you know me, I definitely have felt like taking risks in my solopreneur life. Like starting a new side hustle because I don’t think that my present one is taking me to the finish line quickly. That’s when I need to remember,
Slow and steady wins the race.
==Only== when I apply to a side hustle long-term will I ever get results from it, so I shouldn’t put in more work to lessen my focus on it.
Boundaries keep us in check
Without an imaginary line separating us from some astronomical goal, we can accomplish the small ones without feeling burdened. After all,
Each step adds up.
Meaning that in time, we’ll accomplish exactly what we need/want to do. It just won’t happen as soon as we hope.
Along with this, boundaries help us know what we can handle because we either:
a)Â Know from experience what overwhelms us.
b)Â Plan more efficiently to see what we can fit in.
Without boundaries, it’s as if we’re floating in midair, grasping any objects within reach and letting them disappear between our fingers without having done anything with them.
Will it all be worth it?
What’s better is doing tasks that you know you can’t get done or doing them one at a time at the right pace.
If you feel like you’re about to fall apart from your work, remember that it’s the long-term that counts — not the short-term. Try planning tasks in a different order, allocate them to a friend, or just do the best you can.
Knowing when you’re at your breaking point is the first step to change.